Car-sprinkler tank.



E. c. PERRY.

OAR SPRINKLER TANK. APPLIQATION FILED MAY 21, 1910.

7 1,040,401, Patented 00t.8, 1912.

UNITED STATES gr rnnrr OFFICE.

EDWARD C. PERRY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CARSPRINKLER CO., OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA-CHUSETTS.

CAR-SPRINKLER TANK.

Patented Oct. 8,1912.

Application filed May 21, 1910.; Serial No. 562,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eowann ("a Pnnur, a citizen of the United States,residing at l'Vorcester, in the county of \Vorccster and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Car-Sprinkler Tank, ofwhich the following is a specifimition.

This invention relates to railway sprinklers and is particularly adaptedfor use on electrical street railways.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means in the tankfor preventing undue strains due to the flow of the Water longitudinallyin the tank.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Ret'erence to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is aside view of a tank constructed in accordance with this invention, partsbeing broken away to show ii'lterior construction. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinalsectional view of the same on a horizontal-line above the bottom of thetank.

The tank 15 is shown provided with a bottom having a central low portion16 having" anoutlet 17 therein and having sloping parts 18 extending'upfrom this lower portion gradually t.o*the ends of the tank. At one endof the tank, that is, at one or the highest portions oi. the bottom, isan inlet 19.

The tank is formed ol sl steel, preferably made up of pieces ha rivetedand ca'lked joints as is well unzl ood in the artot boiler making. It isprrwided at one end with an opcn'top man hole and at-the other end withan open top pipe 21. The pipe 21 is a vent pipe and is lel't open forthe purpose of preventimr the compression of the air at the end 01. thetank when the car goes down at that end and the Formation of a vacuumwhen it. goes up at, that end. in order further to avoid the ordinaryolleets of the rush of water back and torth in the tank, it is providedwith splash plates 22 and 2 They are arranged vertically in the tankbetween the center and one end and extend from the top to the bottom,thus adding to the strength of the tank by an- (-horing, the bottom tothe top. They are arranged intransverse alinement across the tank butare spaced apart far enougnso that a man can pass between them.

lhe plates 22 are between the center and one end of the tank and theplates 23 between the center and the other end. They are made so as tobreak joints, that is, each plate 23 is substantially opposite afspacebetween two of the plates 22 and vice versa. In this way, the flow ofwater through the spaces between the plates 22 toward the plates 23 willbe forced to divide and be divided part one way and part the other. Thisetl'ectually breaks up the direct currents of water from one end to theother and materially reduces the shocks of such a flow.

Vhile I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of theinvention, I am aware that many modifications can be made therein by anyperson skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention as expressed in the claim. Therefore, do not: wish to belimited to all the details of construction shown and described, but

\Vhat I do claim is:-

A. water tank for a street sprinkler car,

made up of metal plates riveted together and provided with a pluralityol. rows of splash plates extending \"Cl'tlflllly from the bottom to thetop and secured both to the bottom and top, said splash plates havingvertical spaces between them, the splash plates of one set beil'iglocated substantially opposite the spaces between the splash plates ofthe next set.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDWARD C. PERRY. Wi tncsscs:

Annmrr E. FAY,

C. FfHtRES'l lVsssoN.

